{"id":1702,"date":"2009-05-11T13:56:46","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T21:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2009-05-11T13:56:46","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T21:56:46","slug":"design-challenge-spring-09-best-in-class-submissions-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2009\/05\/design-challenge-spring-09-best-in-class-submissions-selected\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Challenge: Spring 09 &#8211; &#8220;Best in Class&#8221; submissions selected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/uploads\/2009\/05\/design_challenge-logo_200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Design Challenge Spring 09\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"margin: 1em 0pt 0pt 1em;float: right;width: 200px;height: 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just over three months ago we launched our first Mozilla Labs <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/2009\/01\/introducing-the-design-challenge\/\">Design Challenge<\/a>. We invited design-focused students from around the world to participate and develop solutions to the question &#8220;What would a browser look like if the Web was all there was? No windows, no unnecessary trappings. Just the Web.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the first round, where students submitted mockups of their <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/forum\/?CategoryID=32\">proposed solutions<\/a>, more than 40 students actively participated in a three-week long tutoring and mentoring phase (the tutoring sessions are <a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.com\/spring09\/index.html#videos\">available on video<\/a>). At the end of this tutoring phase the students refined their ideas and <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla-labs-concept-series\/topics\">submitted 18 prototypes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Out of those 18 prototypes a panel of design experts selected the following four &#8220;Best in Class&#8221; entries:<\/p>\n<h3>Best in Class: Innovation<\/h3>\n<p>For the solution that has the newest \/ most original interaction models.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.com\/spring09\/index.html#bic-innovation\">Collaborative Research on a Virtual Desk<\/a> by Ecaterina Valica<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best in Class: Execution<\/h3>\n<p>For the solution that has the most expressive prototype, a combination of polish as well as functional availability.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.com\/spring09\/index.html#bic-execution\">The Media Center-Like Browser<\/a> by Amine Zafri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best in Class: Interaction<\/h3>\n<p>For the solution that feels provides the best human-computer interaction model.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.com\/spring09\/index.html#bic-interaction\">Scrolling 2.0<\/a> by Valentin Laube<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best in Class: Producible<\/h3>\n<p>For the solution that would be the easiest to ship to users immediately.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.com\/spring09\/index.html#bic-producible\">An Information-Centric Web Browser<\/a> by Choawen Tan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Congratulations!<\/h2>\n<p>Head over to our <a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.com\/spring09\/\">Design Challenge landing page<\/a> for more information on the selected prototypes, a complete list of all submitted prototypes, information on the panel and videos from the tutoring sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over three months ago we launched our first Mozilla Labs Design Challenge. 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